Corset-steel.



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A. A. HARVEY. CURSET STEEL.

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UNiTEp STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALICE A. HARVEY, OF BINGHAMTON, NEV YORK.

CORSET-STEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,918, dated May 2'?, 1902. Application filed May 15, 1901i Serial No. 601343. (No model.)

To all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALICE A. HARVEY', a citizen of the United States, residing at Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corset-Steels; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to corset-steels.

The object of the invention is to provide a corset-steel which shall be simple of construction, durable in use, and comparatively inexpensive of production, and designed particularly to be worm by fleshy persons, which will not break, and which shall be perfectly iiexible and comfortable at all times, permitting the wearer to bend forward or sidewise without danger of breaking the steel.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed outin the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of my improved steel, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l denotes a one-part corset-steel, which is of the usual or well-known construction.

2 denotes the reinforce, made of a solid block or strip of rubber of athickness greater or double that of the steel for the purpose of rendering the same gradually or to adapt it to be bendable when applied to the steel. The

block is secured by its lower face portion to the central or waist-line portion of the steel its entire length, so as to be immovable on the steel when applied thereto. The rubber block is 'bendable with the steel at its point of connection therewith and prevents the same from snapping or breaking at said point of connections by the movement of a person sidewise or forwards-i'. e., in a stooping p0- sition.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction, mode of operation, and advantages of my invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and details of construction may be made within the scope of the invention without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

A corset-steel of the' usual construction,

having a reinforcepiece of rubber connected its entire length to the central portion of the steel so as to be immovable thereon, the reinforce-piece being of a greater thickness than the steel so as to'render the same bendable therewith when said steel and rubber coact together, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALICE A. HARVEY. 

